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Cupcakes on the other hand, are so adorable and fun. Depending on the style of your celebration they might fit just perfectly.
If you are still debating between the traditional wedding cake and cupcakes, below is an article written by wedding planner Nina Callaway with the pros and cons that can help you figure out the best for your wedding.
"Cupcakes vs. Wedding Cakes: The Showdown!
Are Whimsical Cupcakes Right for Your Wedding?
COST:
This is the big question, isn't it? When wedding cupcakes first became a trend, they were touted as a great way to save money: spend a buck or two for a cupcake rather than $4 or $5 per slice for cake. But bakers soon caught on that doing wedding cupcakes are just as much work – if not more – than a traditional cake. Every single one of those suckers has to be baked and iced. If you're doing specialty decorations, you'll need one for each cupcake. And, most bakeries will rent you a cake stand, but you might have to purchase a cupcake stand.
On the other hand, it is easier for a non-professional baker to put together 150 cupcakes than trying to make an elaborate tiered cake. It's also easier to dress up grocery store cupcakes than it is to try to make a cheap wedding cake look fancy. In the end, it all comes down to choices.
Winner: A tie!! When it comes down to the bottom line, you can do cupcakes more inexpensively than you can buy a wedding cake, but in the end being memorable is a valuable commodity. And it's cheaper to have a memorable wedding cake than to decorate each individual cupcake.
STYLE:
There's something so whimsically childlike about unwrapping a cupcake. And that's what people both love and hate about wedding cupcakes – are they fun and familiar or too casual and unsophisticated?
If you're having a formal wedding, you may want to stick with a grand and formal wedding cake. If your wedding guests are traditional people, they might think cupcakes are too casual, or worse, cheap.
But if you're having a relaxed reception where fun is the primary goal, tell everyone to be a kid again and grab a cupcake. Once they're up and having fun on the dance floor, they won't have to sit again for dessert. They'll just grab a cupcake and keep on groovin'.
Winner: Cupcakes! There's just a bit more punch to a cupcake. You can dress them up or down, but they'll always be fun.
TRADITION:
Wedding cakes have been the standard for over 100 years, and you may be sad to give up the traditions associated with them. Cupcakes leave no room for a cake topper, and the customary cake cutting looks a little comical when your cake is only 3 inches wide. But brides and grooms have found a way to have their cake and eat it too: get a small 6" cake to sit on the top of your cupcake tower. You can use this for the ceremonial cake cutting, and then freeze the rest for your 1-year anniversary.
Winner: Wedding Cake! Come on, this winner was a given. Even with all the tips I've given you, cupcakes will never be as elegantly traditional as wedding cake.
Overall, it's a tie!
Nina Callaway
Weddings Guide"
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image 1. Zen Cupcake; 2-4.LeCupcake; 5.Jules Cupcake; 6.Cupcake boutique.
5 comments:
The decoration possibilities with cupcakes really takes the cake (haha, I am cheesy). I also haven't had much good or memorable wedding cake but at least there are different flavors and types with cupcakes (I have had dry cupcakes too which is pretty disappointing).
Great article! Thanks for sharing. We’re doing a traditional cake, but I’ve been to plenty of weddings where they served really cute cupcakes, so I love them, too!
Hmmm . . . we are not doing either! I like pie better than cake or cupcakes, Also, baklava, brownies and gulab jaman (Indian sweet). I guess that's super-casual, but we are actually having a pretty formal wedding. I think these days, with dessert, anything goes!
I soooooo want a cupcake now after all those yummy pics!
i keep meaning to do a cupcake post..., but it seems you have found the best photos!!!
nice!
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